first you have to do an update for your Wii,then you will be able to go get the internet channel from the online shop.......its free until June,after that if you havent got it,it will cost you 500 points

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New changes to the browser include, but are not limited to:

Parental Controls

Improved zooming and scrolling

An improved zoomed font

Shortened startup times

Quicker access to "favorites"

An ability to hide the toolbar

Buttons that will instantly type common preset letters, such as "www" or ".com"

Bizarre - as I was sitting here on my couch browsing the forums, I noticed the drive slot on my (turned off) Wii light up all blue... I was wondering what little goodie I would find when I turned it on

no,ithink once you download it now you wont need to buy it in june......its like free for the first 2 months and then if you didnt download it by june you will then have to pay......if you have it now then thats it,you've got it for good..........i think,i hope

Hmmmm, really? I was under the impression they were charging for use in June. That's good news, then.

Yeah, you only pay for it if you wait until after June to Download it. They are kinda rewarding early adopters I guess. So download it now and never have to worry about it.

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Will consoles shipped after June have this built in already? Given how constrained the supply is it would suck to have to pay for this if you aren't able to find a console until well beyond June.

I don't think it's built in. I think that once June arrives if you choose to download the browser from the VC it will cost you points. Before June, it won't. I stupidly updated my Wii system this morning thinking that would update the browser. Needless to say I was disappointed with the enhancements!

I'll have to download the updated browser today and give it a look. I really don't see myself using it much (since I haven't), but it will be cool if I don't have to pay for it.

I futzed around with it last night. I have to say, it's improved 90% over the beta. Easier to read, easier to scroll, favorites don't take minutes to load, easy access to the www and search options, disappearing tool bar, pages that were not loading now do. Honestly, the only thing wrong with it is that it won't play certain movies. But color me much more impressed.

I futzed around with it last night. I have to say, it's improved 90% over the beta. Easier to read, easier to scroll, favorites don't take minutes to load, easy access to the www and search options, disappearing tool bar, pages that were not loading now do. Honestly, the only thing wrong with it is that it won't play certain movies. But color me much more impressed.

Tried it out for a few minutes and it is much improved. You can scroll around with the gamepad (which I thought was an idiotic omission from the trial version) and the zooming seems to work better. It seems quicker too. Thumbs up, particularly given its freeness.

Not that I turn my Wii on much anymore, but I did for Paper Mario, and I found I really enjoy the channels when taking a little break. Check the weather, the news, take some polls, and check some web pages. As others have said, Opera is much improved. Much easier to use.

Not that I turn my Wii on much anymore, but I did for Paper Mario, and I found I really enjoy the channels when taking a little break. Check the weather, the news, take some polls, and check some web pages. As others have said, Opera is much improved. Much easier to use.

I do polls way more often than I thought I would. Once every couple of days or so.

I'll update it tonight, but the big thing I liked about having the Wii-browser was having that up on something like Gamefaqs and on another input playing a game on the 360, or I'll splitscreen the TV and check stuff out at the same time. Usually the lap top is better for that stuff, but checking it on the Wii works fairly well.

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"I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind amazing things will happen." - Conan O'Brien